Hydrocarbon-oil burner.



T. J. GROOK. HYDROGAEBON OIL BURNER.

APPLIOATION FILED PEBZ?, 1912;

Patented Oct. 22, 1912.

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.To 'all whom it may concern: f

Be it known that I, Tetonas J. Croon, a citiZen` of the United States, residing at `lYichita, in the county of Sedgwicl' and My invention relates. to hydrocarbon oil` burners, and the objects thereof are.to.'pro

, vide a burner in which the valve controlling the admissionl of fluid thereto arranged so as to preclude any possibility of it becoming .inoperative by'reason of the expansion and contraction of its component parts; to provide a device of the character described involving a plurality of burners any of which may be expeditiously disconnected without. in anyway interfering with the operation ofathe active burners or burner; to provide Ifon readily disn'iantling the burners; and

to lp'roride for supplying air adjacent the discharge openingzwithout causing recondensation'or otherwise impairing the quality of the gas.

To the acctimplishment of the recited objects and others coordinate therewith, the preferred embodiment of my invention resides in. that. construction and arrangement of parts hereinafter described, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and einl'iraeed within the scope of the appended claims.

1n said drawings: Figure f1 is a vertical sectional elevation of a pair of burners embodyinginyinvention, ,and liig. 2 is a plan view thereof. Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional elevation laken along lines 3443 of Fig. 1.

Generally speaking, my .invention comg prises in its construction and arrangement a feed pipe connected with any suitable sorce of supply and having a plurality of manifolds secured at its opposite extremity, each manifold embodying a vaporizer or overlying retort and a burner, and each burner hav-ing a pair of air shafts one 0n either side thereof with an intermediate packing to serve as a protective medium against the cooling proclivity of the incoin ingair. Furthermore, each manifold is constructed of suitable sections, and the main feed pipe'is .provided with the desired number of controlling valves, whereby any one or more of the manifolds may be easily and quickly detached without detractng' Specileation or' Letters Patent.

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Application filed February 27, 1915?.. Serial No. 680,178.

from the function and activity v`of the 'remaining manifolda the said valves being sufficiently removed from the' burners yto obviate any likelihood of the same becoi'ning inoperative by reason ef'the influence ofthe heat from 'the burners. f

ln said drawings, 'the-numeral '1. designates a feed pipefwli-i'ch is/'connectedr'with any 'suitable sour'eeof liydroca'rb'on oil supply, and intermediate'its .terminals there is provided a main controlling valve, as 2. `As exhibited in Fig. 1 of the drawings, the length of the feed pipe is intercepted by a T S, and rising from this 'i' is a short length ofpipejt which in'turn is joined tol-another short length of pipe 5' by the coupling 6. The short pipe 5 'has an elbow 7 fastened to its upper terminal,- and in the Aother end of said elbow a horizontally disposed pipe S, having an elbow 9 and ,la short length ef vertical pipe 10, and another elbow 11 terminating in a lower horizontally arranged pipe l2 Closed, as at' 13. The vertically extending` pipes 5 and 10 and' the horizontally projecting pipes 8 and 12' lie in parallelism and present a configuration similar to a rectangle. The upper horizontal pipe 8 constitutes a vaporizer or overlying retort and .is provided with' a longitudinally adjust able dellector 14, 'while the lower pipe 121 with its m'edially arranged discharge opening '15 forms the burner of the device.}

For' thesake of clarity in describing' my invention, the construction just set forth will be termed .a ii ianifold, and.. indicated in the drawings by the reference letterA. burner of this manifold rests between a pair of vertical air shafts 16 which are secured to and extend vertically from a trough, as. 17, and furthermore, are relativelyspaced .to `receive any suitable packing, as asbestos.

condition 4for combustion uponits arrival at The f the burners 12. Obviously, by providing air shafts 1G the air ascending therethrough will considerablyr aid combustion, and as aconsequencc of the asbestos packing interposed between the air shafts, burners 12 are not in the least detrii'nentally affected by the temperature of the air, in. other words recondensation of the gas .is absolutely prevented.

In devices of a similar nature controlling valves are usually located in close proximity to the burner so it frequently happens that the working parts of the valves are considerably expanded by the intense heat from the burners, and this results-in a binding or rigid engagement of the operative parts of the valve. This inherent disadvantage is overcome by mounting of the valve 19, for example, belowthc trough 17 so that it will not be affected by the heat from the burners 12.

Still another feature of my invention is the idea of providing the'couplings 6 to insure an expeditions removal of the remaining parts of the manifold when" it is desired to detach the same for purposes of repair or the like. In this event, the left hand manifold disclosed in Fig. 1 of the drawings may be readily disconnected by nnscrewing the coupling 6 associated therewith and closing the valve 1t), whereupon the companion manifold willcontinue to burn without be-A 'ing in the least affected by such operation.

It should be understood that in its broader ployment not only of the various means described, but-of equivalent means for performing the recited functions.y `While the arrangement shown is thought at the present time to be preferable, it is desired to re-V serve the right to effect such modifications and variations thereof as may come fairly withilr the scope of the appended claims.

What is claimed, is

1. In a device of the character described, a burner, a pair of vertical air shafts independent of and spaced from cach other' and extending upon opposite sides of said burner, and a heat-resisting medium beneath Said burner and in the space between said air shafts, whereby recondensation of the fuel is prevented.

2. In a device ofthe character described, a burner, a pair .of-vertical air shafts independent of and spaced from each other and extending upon opposite sides of said burner, and a heat-resisting medium beneath said burner and in the space between said air shafts, the said air shafts beingrat all times opened at the bottom and the space between said air shafts being at all times closed at the bottom. j

3.*In a device of the character described, the combination of a` trough provided with a pair of air shafts independent of each othe at each end, a. supply pipe beneath said trough, a pair of branch pipes projecting vertically from said supply pipe, one of said branch pipes' rising exteriorlyv of the trou h adjacent one of the ends of thellatter while the other branch pipe extends through said trough, a Ushaped manifold conn'ected'to each branch pipe,'each manifold comprising a burner and an overlying retort, eachburner being located between a pair of said air shafts and a portion of each burner extending across said air shafts being protected by a heat insulating medium, and inf dependent controlling valves for the burners. In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature in presence of two Witnesses.

THOMAS J. CROOK.

Witnesses K. B. RADCLIFFE, ANGELA M. SCARRITT.

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